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Open Syndrome Mumps

Authors: Health Protection Surveillance Centre

Location: Ireland

Purpose #

Mumps (Mumps virus)

The definition #

Any person with fever AND sudden onset of unilateral or bilateral tender swelling of the parotid or other salivary glands without other apparent cause. Mumps may also present as aseptic meningitis, encephalitis, hearing loss, orchitis, oophoritis, parotitis or other salivary gland swelling, mastitis or pancreatitis.

Machine-readable definition #

The definition is available in JSON format following the Open Syndrome v1.0 specification:

{
   "category": "suspected",
   "definition_type": "case_definition",
   "description": "Mumps (Mumps virus)",
   "human_readable_definition": "Any person with fever AND sudden onset of unilateral or bilateral tender swelling of the parotid or other salivary glands without other apparent cause. Mumps may also present as aseptic meningitis, encephalitis, hearing loss, orchitis, oophoritis, parotitis or other salivary gland swelling, mastitis or pancreatitis.\n\n",
   "inclusion_criteria": [
     {
       "logical_operator": "AND",
       "type": "criterion",
       "values": [
         {
           "name": "Fever",
           "type": "symptom"
         },
         {
           "name": "Sudden onset of unilateral or bilateral tender swelling of the parotid or other salivary glands",
           "type": "symptom"
         }
       ]
     }
   ],
   "keywords": [
     "Mumps",
     "Europe"
   ],
   "language": "English",
   "location": "Ireland",
   "notes": [
     "Mumps may also present as aseptic meningitis, encephalitis, hearing loss, orchitis, oophoritis, parotitis or other salivary gland swelling, mastitis or pancreatitis."
   ],
   "open_syndrome_version": "1.0.0",
   "organization": "Health Protection Surveillance Centre",
   "published_at": "2019-01-24T12:00:00Z",
   "published_by": [
     "Open Syndrome Initiative"
   ],
   "published_in": "https://opensyndrome.org",
   "references": [
     {
       "url": "https://www.hpsc.ie/a-z/vaccinepreventable/mumps/casedefinition/"
     }
   ],
   "scope": "broad",
   "status": "draft",
   "target_public_health_threats": [
     "Mumps"
   ],
   "title": "Open Syndrome Mumps",
   "version": "1.0.0"
 }

Using the Definition #

Healthcare organizations can implement this definition through:

  • Direct integration with surveillance systems
  • API endpoints for real-time validation
  • Manual case verification processes

Next Steps #

We encourage:

  • Clinical feedback on the definition criteria
  • Technical feedback on the implementation format
  • Suggestions for additional symptoms or signs
  • Reports of implementation experiences

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